Pretty color, nice design. Handle has neat blue rubber grip at the top (you can kinda see it in the pic). Came with the base that is compatible with the LATCH system in my car. Only took a couple minutes for us to pull it out of the box and figure it all out. The way the seat clicks into the base, you just push the big red button at the back of the car seat and it lets go of the base. Easy in, easy out, but still safe and secure. You don't have to use it with the base if you don't want to. The way the harness adjusts over baby's chest is super easy to work, no re-threading and I don't have to worry about baby getting burned by a hot metal buckle (I live in Arizona). I can take all the padding off the seat to wash it. A++ all around we love it. Our only complaint: the canopy was a little smooshed from shipping, we're hoping it'll bend back into shape because it gets in the way of folding the handle down as easily as it would normally go.